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Cheyenne Advanced Dental Arts
L. Scott Brooksby, DDS, DICOI
Prosthodontist practicing under General Dental License Number 2543
8960 W. Cheyenne #190
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Dr. Brooksby, I have heard that you are an Advanced Surgical Prosthodontist. What training have you had and what is an advanced surgical prosthodontist? Lets start by defining what a Prosthodontist is. A Prosthodontist is a dentist with advanced training approved by the American Dental Association in solving difficult dental problems. The training requires a two to three year residency after dental school. It is often associated with a hospital and a dental school. We spend the time in lectures on all areas of dentistry. There is usually a focus on treating the older, often medically compromised dental patient. We are taught to do thorough examinations of the head, neck and shoulders. We learn about the medications that are regularly prescribed for patients. We work with the oncologists treating cancer patients and in my residency we also trained with the very complex treatment of patients with head, neck and shoulder pain in addition to TMJ problems. In addition to the Lectures, we had literature reviews that involved learning the details involving all types of dental treatment options. We learned that dentistry generally has twenty year cycles. Every twenty years they come up with the same new things that are tried and then fail. By learning what has worked and not worked over the years we are able to provide treatment and care based on what really is successful over the long term. Each literature review involved, on average 20 different studies that we had to read and discuss every single week. We worked with patients that had difficult treatment requirements. We learned to diagnose and then develop comprehensive treatment options for the patients. We then discussed with the patients the options that were available and then provided the treatment for the patients. In my residency at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, the patients did not have to pay for the care so we were able to provide any and all options without worrying if the patient could or could not afford the treatment. This gave us much more experience with treatments that may only have been done occasionally if ever in other teaching environments. In addition to the learning environment, we operated under the premise that you learn more as you teach. We therefore worked as instructors with General practice residents as well and teaching dental students. As I have practice over the last 27 years I have continued to teach dentists how to provide more complex treatment to their own patients. When asked why I teach others to do things instead of insisting that they send all of the patients to me for treatment, I answer that our goal is to improve the quality of treatment provided by all of us. As we teach these concepts we often gain a great understanding of the things that we can do to provide even better care for our patients. An Advanced surgical prosthodontist is also trained to do bone grafting, sinus augmentation, placement of dental implants and many of the more advanced
surgical procedures required to prepare a patient for their new teeth. Some of the more famous advanced surgical prosthodontists include Dr. Carl Misch, Dr. Tom Balshi
and Dr. Scott Ganz.
Dr. Brooksby received his Prosthodontic training from the San Francisco Veterans Hospital in conjunction with the UCSF School of Dentistry Prosthodontic program.
Dr. Brooksby received his advanced surgical training in the Advanced Implant Study Group at Loma Linda Dental School. He has been practicing as
a prosthodontist since 1990 and an advanced surgical prosthodontist since 1996. He has placed tens of thousands of dental implants, performed over 300 sinus augmentations
and hundreds of bone grafts in preparation for placement of dental implants and restoration of the mouth to normal function.
If you have any questions you may email us at
Scott@lvimplant.com or call for
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